Witches burn man alive in front of his family for being 'rival sorcerer'

Witches burn man alive in front of his family for being 'rival sorcerer'

A COVEN of witches burned a man alive in a ritual killing when they thought him to be a rival sorcerer.

Published 28th August 2014

HORROR: Brijlal Chopra's family watched in shock as a group of so-called witches burned him alive in a ritual killing [EUROPICS]

The seven women have been arrested after they repeatedly stabbed their victim, Brijlal Chopra, and set him alight with kerosene-soaked rags as his family watched in horror.

"They were laughing and dancing around his body to music while he screamed in agony. In the end there was just a pile of ashes left," said a police spokesman in Mandla, India, the city where the ritual slaying happened.

According to investigators, Chopra had sought out a local witchcraft healer – dubbed Parvati after the Mother Goddess in Hindu mythology – to treat his 10-year-old son, said police.

“It was sickening. They surrounded him and took turns to stab him with tridents and hack at him with an axe”

Sushma Chopra

But as soon as the family reached her commune, Parvati branded Chopra a rival sorcerer and ordered her disciples to kill him.

His wife Sushma later told police: "It was sickening. They surrounded him and took turns to stab him with tridents and hack at him with an axe.

"They cut off his hands because they said that was where his power was.

"My husband told them he had no powers, no witchcraft, but they wouldn't listen. The more he screamed, the more they sang and the more they laughed.